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Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment..

Recaptor :: Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

Recapture :: Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.

Piscicapture :: Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Madrague :: Madrague (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..

Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..

Sea Serpent :: Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured..

Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

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